PW7 Connected to PC (Screenshots)

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Can anyone post a picture of what their PW7 looks like when connected through VGA to a PC?

Well, I mean a photo really but I'm just really curious as to what it'll look like and wondering if it'll look any good as I plan to do some graphic design etc when I buy a Plasma and use it as my main display.

Standard Member

It works well with VGA. Windows Media Center looks excellent. Not sure how good it would be for graphic design though - the resolution is relatively low. Plus you'd have to be sitting >5ft away to do anything with it.

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The resolution isn't the problem really, it's the "Detail" that worries me.

I'm sitting here now using a 15" LCD at 1024x768 and Graphic Designer is perfect so I kind of mis-worded my post a little.

Is the color detail on par with that of any other "normal" display? Also, I'll be using Windows XP Pro. I've heard that the PW7 can handle 1280x1024 but obviously, It's adjusted to compensate for the wide screen... 1280x768 isn't it?

... or do I have this all wrong?

Edit: I'm a big movie fan so I need quality and I know Plasma can deliver. I'm also on a budget of £1000.00 too so I can't afford to get a big screen LCD.

Standard Member

The TH37-PW7 has a native resolution of 852x480. If you feed it with a higher resolution signal eg 1024x768, it will display the picture but you will not see the any more detail than can be delivered by an 852x480 screen. It is not suitable as a graphic design monitor.

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handy pics. Thanks for posting that, gives me some reference for what im planning on doing (using a Plasma as a VGA display screen in a shop window).

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